# Classy vs Steady

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Classy delivers about £10.20 more of every £100 donated than Steady (£97.30 vs £87.10). On the headline numbers, Classy and Steady are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Classy | Steady |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £97.30 | £87.10 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 10% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.4% + £0.30 | 2.9% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.6 (4) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 86 | 77 |
| Country coverage | 4 | 32 |
| Data residency | US | — |
| Languages | 1 | 5 |
| Payment methods supported | 6 | 4 |

## Choose Classy if

> Mid-to-large US nonprofits running enterprise-scale peer-to-peer campaigns, ticketed events, and recurring-giving programmes that need depth beyond a basic donation page.

- Enterprise-grade peer-to-peer, events, and recurring-giving tooling.
- Now part of GoFundMe Pro, backed by GoFundMe's reach and 190-million community.
- Essentials plan with zero subscription fees and no setup costs for smaller nonprofits.
- Multi-currency settlement in US dollar, Canadian dollar, pound, Australian dollar, and euro.


## Choose Steady if

> European creators, independent journalists, podcasters, and publishers who want recurring income from paying members rather than one-off donation campaigns.

- Purpose-built recurring-membership tooling for creators, journalists, and publishers.
- Free to register and create a project; fees apply only once you earn.
- European data handling with multi-currency support (euro, pound, Swiss franc, US dollar).
- Members can pay by card, PayPal, Apple Pay, and SEPA direct debit.